But just an FYI: The period from July 1-20 this year represents the coolest such period in Indianapolis since 1960.

With an average temperature of 70.3 degrees, the last 20 days are the third-coolest in history for the same span of time in Indianapolis since the National Weather Service started keeping such data in 1871.

Today through Wednesday, area residents will see a return to more normal temperatures for this time of year, said Marc Dahmer, a NWS meteorologist at the agency’s Indianapolis offices. Today’s expected high is 86 with Tuesday possibly becoming the first day this year to reach 90.

“But then it looks like another cooldown is in store after that,” Dahmer said, with Thursday’s expected high at 77.

This month still conceivably could be the all-time coolest July in Indianapolis, he said. That record was set in 1947, when the average temperature was 70.6 degrees.

“It will all depend on what happens at the very end of the month,” Dahmer said.